Things to do in Somerset County on Saturday, Dec. 15

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Things to do in Somerset County on Saturday, Dec. 15

• A Living Nativity at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 300 Union Ave., Somerville will be presented on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 5 and 7 p.m. outdoors on the church lawn. This annual event will tell the Christmas story with live actors and animals including a donkey, alpacas and poultry from Norz Hill Farm in Hillsborough. Goats, rabbits and sheep will also be provided by local 4-Hers including The Wooly Ones Sheep Club. Audience members are invited to pet the animals after each performance and come into the church for refreshments of homemade cookies and hot chocolate. Each performance lasts about 20 minutes. For more information, visit gslutheranchurch.org or call 908-685-1660.

• Want to help out the less fortunate this Christmas? If so, consider donating a new, unwrapped Christmas gift to a child of a Somerset County Jail inmate. North Branch Reformed Church, 203 Route 28 & Milltown Road, Bridgewater, is collecting toys through Dec. 15. The church will present the toys to the Somerset County Jail Chaplaincy for distribution. Toys can be dropped off at the church from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. No used toys, candy or toy weapons will be accepted. Gifts for children of all ages are welcomed.

• On Saturday, Dec. 15, at 7:30 p.m., Linda Russell will perform 18th century songs and ballads of the season, during a musical concert at the reception area at The Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Historic Site, 71 Somerset St., Somerville. Russell, well-known for her historic musical interpretation, sings and plays period instruments including hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, guitar and tin whistle. Seating begins at 7 pm. Cost is $10 per person. Registration is required. For more information or to register, call 908-725-1015, or email whouse3@verizon.net.

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